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Learn more about Labs Can I have one HTML table header be over two table columns? Like merge and center in Excel? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 10 months ago Modified 7 years, 4 months ago Viewed 69k times 30

I want to have one table header be centered over two table columns side by side. Is this possible?

• html
• html-table
• center
• tableheader

Share Improve this question Follow edited Jul 11, 2017 at 8:49 Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 5,8757272 gold badges6060 silver badges133133 bronze badges asked Jan 25, 2012 at 0:41 LizzaLizza 2,81955 gold badges4141 silver badges7373 bronze badges Add a comment |

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<th colspan="2">. This .</th>

To extrapolate a bit...

<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Single Column</th> <th colspan="2">Double Column</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Column One</td> <td>Column Two</td> <td>Column Three</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

That should give you enough to work from.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jan 25, 2012 at 0:43 SpoonNZSpoonNZ 3,82911 gold badge2121 silver badges2525 bronze badges Add a comment | 11

If you only have 2 columns then I would suggest using <caption>. Otherwise, use colspan as suggested in other answers.

<table> <caption>This will span all columns.</caption> <tr><td>column one</td><td>column two</td></tr> </table> Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jan 25, 2012 at 0:49 Travis JTravis J 82.2k4242 gold badges211211 silver badges279279 bronze badges Add a comment | 5

Of course. Please refer to this page. You are looking for attribute called colspan for table headers cells.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jan 25, 2012 at 0:45 Andrzej OśmiałowskiAndrzej Ośmiałowski 1,4941212 silver badges2121 bronze badges Add a comment | 4

We can do it in better way.

<table border="1"> <tr> <th colspan="1" scope="colgroup">Test Heading</th> <th colspan="3" scope="colgroup">Mars</th> <th colspan="3" scope="colgroup">Venus</th> <th colspan="3" scope="colgroup">Test</th> </tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"></th> <th scope="col">Produced</th> <th scope="col">Sold</th> <th scope="col">Sold</th> <th scope="col">Produced</th> <th scope="col">Sold</th> <th scope="col">Sold</th> <th scope="col">Test 1</th> <th scope="col">Test 2</th> <th scope="col">Test 3</th> </tr> </table>

Please visit Table Ref From w3.org if you want to know more.

Share Improve this answer Follow edited May 17, 2017 at 7:39 Manfred Radlwimmer 13.4k1313 gold badges5454 silver badges6464 bronze badges answered May 17, 2017 at 7:12 SrikrushnaSrikrushna 4,84722 gold badges4343 silver badges4949 bronze badges Add a comment |

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